This day has offered a remarkably high amount of notifications about concerts from Korean bands outside of Korea:
– Singer/songwriter Hee Young announced via Facebook that she’ll be playing Bar4 in Brooklyn, New York, on May 5.
– DFSB Kollective sent out a press release revealing that legendary punk band Crying Nut will partake in this year’s Music Matters Live that takes place late May in Singapore. In honor of the event a special Crying Nut 2K11 Music Matters Live iMix has been created.
– LoveRock Company announced that Galaxy Express will be one of participating in the second edition of Seoul-Tokyo Sound Bridge alongside blues rock band Lowdown 30 and two Japanese bands. The Tokyo date is June 12 and will take place at Shibuya Milkyway.
And though news of a world tour from The Rock Tigers are old, it wasn’t till I read this Daejeon Access article today that I realized the details are out: The Rock Tigers Take On the World.
Taking off with a couple of Korea dates, the band will bring its kimchibilly to Japan for gigs every day between May 2-8. Late May they’ll be joining long running Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf for a few dates on their North America tour. Three US dates have been announced so far:
– May 28: San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
– May 29: Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
– May 30: Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Café
The special English EP mentioned in the article is called Electric Travel and has a Korean release date set to May 6.